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Re: Ask HN: Ubuntu Desktop Default Apps

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Post by FractalNerve » Sun, Jul 23, 2017, 12:14 AM UTC

haspok wrote: post #29

I have but one humble wish: when I want to start the calculator app I open the Dash and type "calc". However for some reason LibreOffice Calc has higher priority than the Calculator app, so I always have to select it specifically (instead of just pressing Enter) - even though I might have never used the LibreOffice Calc on this computer. Can you make the LibreOffice Calc app lower priority in the Dash please. Thank y…

Wouldn't some simple search heuristics solve this?

EDIT: there surely is a library with good search algortihms to utilize for the search-box, please share =)

Re: Ask HN: Ubuntu Desktop Default Apps

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Post by chavlu » Sun, Jul 23, 2017, 5:41 AM UTC

Ubuntu y Google deberían de aliarse ambos son open source, el nuevo ubuntu debería de utilizar las aplicaciones de Google y tener ciertas funciones geniales que un dispositivo Android tiene.

Re: Ask HN: Ubuntu Desktop Default Apps

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Post by chavlu » Sun, Jul 23, 2017, 5:43 AM UTC

Ubuntu and Google they should play as a team, Google has many tools and ubuntu many knowledge, people like both. Ubuntu should start using Google apps, and ubuntu should be easier to get in stores.

Re: Ask HN: Ubuntu Desktop Default Apps

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Post by AsyncAwait » Sun, Jul 23, 2017, 9:10 AM UTC

mattl wrote: post #101

dannysu wrote: post #81

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think in GNOME it learns which one you use more frequently and have that first instead.

You'd think so, but no.

It does, it can just be overridden easily.

Re: Ask HN: Ubuntu Desktop Default Apps

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Post by frik » Sun, Jul 23, 2017, 9:27 AM UTC

Consider giving Ubuntu MATE even more love. It's the Ubuntu as it should be with a proper shell, not this Gnome3 UI-mess but with great Gnome2 alike UI. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_MATE

Re: Ask HN: Ubuntu Desktop Default Apps

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Post by alok-g » Sun, Jul 23, 2017, 1:24 PM UTC

Please make sure to honor accessibility features and select applications that do. I need dark themes because my eyes become red without. It is painful to use apps that do not honor theme colors and do not provide their own means to change colors either.

Re: Ask HN: Ubuntu Desktop Default Apps

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Post by flurdy » Sun, Jul 23, 2017, 3:33 PM UTC

Web Browser: Brave, Firefox

Email Client: Gmail web

Terminal: Terminator

IDE: IntelliJ, Atom

File manager: Nautilus

Basic Text Editor: Atom, VIM

IRC/Messaging Client: Gitter, Slack non-free

Office Suite: Google Docs web

Calendar: Google Calendar web

Video Player: VLC

Music Player: Spotify non-free

Screen recording: Google Hangout non-free, Floobits non-free

Games platform: Steam non-free

Source control GUI: GitKraken

Re: Ask HN: Ubuntu Desktop Default Apps

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Post by fsantucci » Sun, Jul 23, 2017, 3:59 PM UTC

Web Browser: Firefox

Email Client: YahooMail, Gmail

Terminal: Tilix

IDE: Visual Studio Code, Atom

File manager: Nautilus

Basic Text Editor: Vim, Gedit

IRC/Messaging Client: Telegram

PDF Reader: Evince

Office Suite: LibreOffice, WPS Office

Calendar: Gnome Calendar

Video Player: VLC, MediaInfo

Music Player: Lollypop, Spotify, EasyTAG

Photo Viewer: Shotwell

Screen recording: Simple Screen Recorder

Shell: zsh

Bitmap Image Editor: GIMP

2D Vetorial Image Editor: Inkscape

Re: Ask HN: Ubuntu Desktop Default Apps

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Post by grover_hartmann » Sun, Jul 23, 2017, 6:52 PM UTC

cJ0th wrote: post #214

jhasse wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Video Player: Something that supports everything you can throw at it. I would go with mpv there instead of the obvious VLC. It just so much faster and bug-free!

I only recently discovered mpv. Is it possible to make it resume the playback where it was left off?

Yes, from the mpv(1) man page:

       Q      Like q, but store the current playback position. Playing the  same  file  later
              will resume at the old playback position if possible.

Just quit with Q instead of q.

Re: Ask HN: Ubuntu Desktop Default Apps

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Post by Keeblo » Mon, Jul 24, 2017, 12:03 AM UTC

michaelmrose wrote: post #165

Keeblo wrote: post #162

I really like Ubuntu, but there are two things that I would recommend changing/fixing: 1. Replace the default PDF reader with something faster. It takes the default PDF viewer (in 17.04) 10+ seconds to open files that MuPDF can open in 2 seconds. MuPDF is very basic, so it might not be the best option for the default viewer, but hopefully there's something faster than the current default. 2. Allow the software center…

Zathura can use mupdf as a backend and has much better bindings/features compared to mupdf, it also supports other ebook formats. Still pretty keyboard driven and not an optimal choice for ubuntu. Maybe ubuntu should have a more minimal spin with i3wm and apps like zathura.

I second that! The i3wm rocks, but it's kind of a pain to set up. Many applications expect certain GUI elements to be present, and a lot of "It Just Works" aspects of Ubuntu (e.g. hotkeys on laptop media keyboards working) are built into the desktop environment and have to be reconfigured for i3wm.